CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR POSITIONS OF RECOGNIZED RESEARCHER RESERVED TO CANDIDATES WHO HAVE OR HAVE TERMINATED AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CONTRACT IN THE FRAME OF NRRP (National Recovery and Resilience Plan)

The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies is considering the possible opening of positions for Recognized Researchers within the framework of One Health and invites interested candidates to submit their expressions of interest.

This opportunity is open only to candidates who hold, or have held, an assistant professor contract pursuant to Article 24, paragraph 3, letter A, of Law no. 240/2010, within the framework of the NRRP — National Recovery and Resilience Plan — Next Generation EU (NGEU)*.

Research Areas

The relevant research areas are the following:

1. Basic and translational neuroscience
2. Basic research in biology and/or physiology and/or pathophysiology and/or experimental medicine
3. Cancer biology, molecular and clinical oncology
4. Bioinformatics and computational biology
5. Bioengineering science and technologies

Expressions of interest may also concern research areas at the intersection of, or at the interface between, the areas listed above.

How to Apply

Interested candidates are invited to send their expressions of interest to scouting@santannapisa.it by September 4, 2026.

Please indicate the following code in the subject line: RTT - One Health

Applicants are required to complete and submit the Annex.

All correspondence and expressions of interest will be kept strictly confidential.

Knowledge of the Italian language is not required. However, the ability to teach in English is mandatory.

The Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies guarantees equal gender opportunities in recruitment and career progression.

Candidates are invited to carefully read the full call attached to this page, which constitutes the official notice.

*PLEASE NOTE: the contracts granting access to the call are only those terminated during 2025, or terminated or due to terminate during 2026, and entirely recruited and funded through resources relating to:

• PRIN 2022 and PRIN 2022 PNRR calls, DD no. 104/2022 and DD no. 1409/2022
• Young Researchers Call 2022, DD no. 247/2022
• Young Researchers Calls 2024, DD no. 201/2024 and DD no. 47/2025
• Extended Partnerships Call, DD no. 341/2022
• National Centres Call, DD no. 3138/2021
• Innovation Ecosystems Call, DD no. 3277/2021
• Research Infrastructure Call, DD no. 3264/2021
• Technological and Innovation Infrastructures Call, DD no. 3265/2021

Candidates are invited to carefully read the full call attached to this page, which constitutes the official notice.

Disclaimer: This is not yet a job vacancy advertisement. Based on the expressions of interest received, the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies will decide whether or not to open a public competition for the position by 2027.